The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-08
!ide. No further bulletin will be issued

side. No further bulletin will be ISSUED
until Monday morning.
| At II o'clock Beecher's condition wa!
reported unchanged save for the gradua
sinking towards the inevitable.
General Horatio King left the house
at that hour and expressed the opinion
that Beecher will die during the nigh
or morning.
Up to a. m. nothing was received
from Beecher. DR.. Hammond said to-
night: "Beecher will never will be con-
scious again. There is absolutely no
hope. He may die in two hours, and
he may last couple days longer, but
death is certain
LONDON, March 6.-Rev. Mr.. Parker
in his sermon this evening, eulogized
Beecher. He expressed the profound
sympathy of himself and his hearers
with the afflicted pastor.
New YORK, March 1t was weary
night that the members of the Beecher
household passed last night. One by
one they would silently move in and
out OF the death chamber. taking their
turns at the dreary vigil. DR.. Searle
was At the post of duty without inter
mission until nearly 6 O'Clock, when he
retired to his home. Mrs. Beecher had
the night, fearing he might pass away
in her absence. She did, however, take
q few hours rest on her couch in room
adjoining that where the sufferer lay.
At o'clock, when DR.. Searle went
home, this bulletin was issued: Mr..
Beecher has been gradually failing
during the night. His death is not,
however, anticipated at present.
(Signed,) W. S. SEARLE."
All day Sunday and uatil midnight
the officer on duty at the door of the
house was kept busy answering que
ries of friends and strangers. For hours
the people stood in the damp weather
looking at the house, and it was not
until the lights in the windows were
lowered that the crowd was entirely
dispersed. Even as late as L O'Clock
persons climbed up the steps and tried
to read the last bulletin. Most of the
flowers sent to the house came from the
members of the congregation.
MAJOR POND
was in the house most of the day.
He told the circumstances con
nected with Beecher's daily occu-
patton just previous to the attack
with considerable feeling. He said
that Beecher on Tuesday last, told
him how strong he felt and how glad
he was that he would be able to COM
plete his book in time for the publishers
and what pleasure he found in writing
the work. In the coming September
it was intended to give a grand celebra-
ton in honor of Beecher's fiftieth year
in the ministry and the first half CEN
fury of his married life,,, also the fiftieth
year of his ministry at Brooklyn church.
All of the morning from just before
daylight there was collected a crowd of
people on the sidewalk in front of the
Beecher residence, eagerly scanning the
latest bulletins.
1870 ammo change in Mr..
Beecher's condition.
At 11.25 DR.. Searle returned to the
house. He did not expect any change
in Beecher's condition. Life is slowly
ebbing away, and from the reports of
those who have seen Beecher it is evil
dent the end is not far off.
IL IN. Tho condition of Reecher at
this hour does not vary, essentially,
from that given to the press lest even
ing. The only changes perceptible are
the increasing rapidity Of the pulse and
respiration; these stand respectively
AOO dHu ~ W 90 per Au4AuIS. ISoS pr d
ton is also more shallow The tenn
perature reaches 101 degrees. These
symptoms indicate the gradual failure
OF vitality which has been anticipated,
and the consequent slow approach of the
end. This course of the disease cannot
be changed by the occurrence of fresh
hemorrhage, which may or may not
happen, and the time of which cannot
be surmised. There are no reasons to
believe that the fatal issue will occur
to-day. (Signed),
W. S. SEARLE.
p.m.-Beecher' pulse is little more
rapid. There is no perceptible change.
New YORK, March Is p.m.-There
IS no perceptible change in Beecher's
condition.
Rev. Lindsey Parker, rector to St.
Pauls church, called a few minutes
after o'clock in the afternoon. He
was permitted to see Mr.. Beecher.
When he left the house, he said that
Mr.. Beecher's condition was unchanged,
and that he thought he could not live
any longer than to-day. DR.. Searles is
IN constant attendance.
AT 3 80 Is morning Beecher was still
alive